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A Trip to North Wales

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On 27th September 2026

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We have just arrived in North Wales for a ltitle holiday where myself, Lindsay and Megan have rented a cottage for a week with Paul & Sallie

We set off on Friday and called into Element Games in Stockport where me and Megan picked up a few hobby supplies.

After that, we went to The Imperial War Museum North, where Lindsay hung out in the cafe and myself and Megan took a walk around.

I got to do a lot of infodumping on Megan, which they disliked, but I enjoyed!

I even got to see a Matilda II making Chris very jealous

Then we drive over to North Wales via Chester for a Maccas for lunch and arrived at our base for the next week

I got a painting station set up, cause the #HobbyStreak cannot end

And this is my view

Tomorrow we are off to the zoo!

What I Am Modelling

I started out with a Fallschirmjäger sample model from the German Paratroopers Fallschirmjäger – Crete 1941. Part 1 project

And followed this up with a Kettenkrad for our scenery box to use as scatter terrain

And a Panzer IV Ausf H for the late war Germans

Afyer that u painted up a couple of extra troops for my Early War French, one armed with the wonderful VB Rifle

And a few late war Fallschirmjäger to settle on a scheme for them

Then I painted a Panzer IV Ausf F2

Followed by an Sd. Kfz. 250/9 Stummel for the late war Germans

I have taken the late war Germans away with my for holiday and will exclusively concentrating on them for the next week!

What I Am Reading

I have started listening to The Voice of Command by Richard Swan

What Tabletop Games I Am Playing

On Tuesday I played Gavin in a a game of Bolt Action, where we eked out a draw

A devestating artillery strike ruined my plans and my aggressive plays didn’t work out, nor did my ambushes pay off

On Friday I played a 700 Ducats game of Trench Crusade with Michael using my Red Brigade

We played the scenario with the dragon, I lost but part of that was the fact I played very aggressively, and Michael kept shooting my guys off the dragons back where they were just trying to stab it to death, a very fun game overall!

What I Am Backing

We got the last files for Prelude to Fear and Brunderkrieg 1, as well as all the files for US Wheeled Vehicles + Soldiers of WW2 Volume 2 and The English Civil War

I finally got round to downloading Grim Dark Empire and WOWBuildings Does Tobruk

I am currently backing Trench Druzhina for some Slavic New Antioch models, the Tunisia Terrain project to add to my growing North African terrain collection, Battle Kiwi S.T.A.C.K system for some gaming accessories to make picking up stuff for a game much easier

I am going to be backing Military Vehicles of 1980s Warsaw Pact – Vol 1 to add to my Cold War collection and Charlie Country Part 1 from my pal Matt

What I Am Spending

I bought Ghost of Yōtei, it will be a while till I get round to playing it, but I found a good deal for it

Nerdy Musical Advent 2024 – 5th December – Write Like the Wind (George R. R. Martin) – Paul & Storm

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On 5th December 2024

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How long has it been since we got a Song of Ice and Fire book, and will George R. R. Martin complete the series in his lifetime, and will it wipe out the disappointment of the last season of Game of Thrones!

That is exactly what Paul & Storm are asking here

Nerdy Musical Advent 2024 – 4th December – BiTrektual – Aurelio Voltaire

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On 4th December 2024

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Its been a couple of years since our good friend Aurelio Voltaire was featured and still, he is hard to classify, he really does transcend genres!

Oh and Paul likes him after I introduced him!

Nerdy Musical Advent 2024 – 3rd December – Robots – Flight of the Conchords

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On 3rd December 2024

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STUPIDLY FORGOT TO HIT THE PUBLISH BUTTON SO THIS IS A DAY LATE

Flight of the Conchords, formally New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo, somehow have managed to not be featured here before, and I am rectifying this today!

This song Robots imagines a future in which all the humans are dead and the robots have taken over the world, and well with the development of AI, this might really happen sooner rather than later!

Nerdy Musical Advent 2024 – 2nd December – Zelda Jiggle – K-Face Rules

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On 2nd December 2024

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I grew up in the UK so Nintendo wasn’t really a big thing for us other than the Game Boy, the first Nintendo I personally owned was a Nintendo 64 for Goldeneye!

So my first exposure to Zelda was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which I did enjoy, but I didn’t have the same attachment to it as people who grew up with the series.

But the series has grown on me with subsequent releases, though I still have Breath of the Wild on my to play list.

So this song doesn’t quite hit all the nostalgia bits for me, but its still fun to listen to!

Nerdy Musical Advent 2024 – 1st December – Wreck It, Wreck It Ralph! – Buckner & Garcia

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On 1st December 2024

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This duo is best known for Pac-Man Fever, both the song and album, which were possible the first video game songs to really go mainstream back before I was even born!

This song was written and recorded for the amazing Disney film Wreak It Ralph which was such a joy to watch with all of its amazing video game references.

The overall soundtrack from the film is utterly amazing, Henry Jackman really captures the Chiptune lighting in a bottle.

If you have never seen Wreak It Ralph, I urge you to go do so now, drop everything you won’t regret it!

Nerdy Musical Advent 2023 – 6th December – Sensitive Badass – The Doubleclicks

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On 6th December 2023

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The Doubleclicks are frequent features on the Advent, probably cause I really, really like their music.

This one, well its not my favourite, but it is Lindsay’s, the first time she heard it, at the 77th WorldCon, Dublin 2o19, she cried her eyes out and then played it again and again for months (she still insists that she isn’t an autist).

And well, I have been meaning to include it, but it always got displaced by something else, but this time, I am sticking to my guns and its staying put here!

Nerdy Musical Advent 2023 – 5th December – Pac-Man Fever – Buckner & Garcia

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On 5th December 2023

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This one is older than me, and really captures the very early days of video gaming when Pac-Man swept the world!

And lets face it Pac-Man is a fantastic game that has stood the test of time and its no wonder that Buckner & Garcia scored a hit with this one in 1981!

Interestingly they pioneered rerecording an album when the masters ownership was denied to them, and they rerecorded the whole Pac-Man Fever album (yes there is an album, and its worth a listen/download)

Nerdy Musical Advent 2023 – 4th December – Over The Hills and Far Away – John Tams

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On 4th December 2023

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As a nerd who loves war games, and approaching a more mature age, there is a part of me that’s getting very interested in Napoleonic’s, probably doesn’t help that I recently rewatched Sharpe!

So here is a traditional British song, that was featured heavily in Sharpe, performed by folk singer John Tams, who also starred as Hagman in the series.

It also featured in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, which is also an excellent version of the song, which I am sharing because the John Tams version is sadly hard to find for online listening.

Nerdy Musical Advent 2023 – 3rd December – IKEA – Jonathan Coulton

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On 3rd December 2023

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Good old Jonathan Coulton is a regular feature of the nerdy advent, and this year is no different.

This time we bring you IKEA, a song about many peoples favourite furniture store, and its certainly one of mine, I mean, not only is the stuff great, my studio is a lot of IKEA stuff.

But also meatballs and hot dogs too!

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